By Dr. Robert O. Young
Excess acidity is a condition that weakens all body systems. Excess acidity forces the body to borrow alkaline minerals – including sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium -from vital organs and bones to buffer (neutralize) respiratory, dietary, environment a and metabolic acid and to safely remove it from the body through the four channels of elimination – respiration, urination, defecation and perspiration. . As a result, the body can suffer severe and prolonged corrosion’ or ‘rot’ due to high acidity a condition that may go undetected for years.
It affects virtually every person in our society because of the way we live, the way we eat, the way we think, and the environment we live in. The result is an internal environment where dis-ease can easily manifest, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows for normal body functions —necessary for the body to resist disease. It is true that if we have a healthy body, we will maintain sufficient alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands. However when excess acids must be continually neutralized, our alkaline reserves are depleted, leaving the body in a weakened, dis-ease-prone condition. Unfortunately, there are still many practitioners who believe that the body can some how miraculously and’naturally’ balance its pH – as if we were living in nature and eating raw foods and herbs.
The truth is so far beyond this ideal. The truth — according to Dr Lynda Frassetto, acid/alkaline researcher from the University of California, Berkeley, is that we have turned an evolutionary corner. We simply do not handle acidic waste the way we used to.Her research showed the sheer volume of acid waste our body has to handle each and every day has forced it to take drastic ‘war’ style action to preserve its strategic reserves- the kidney and liver — our major essential detoxifying organs. In her study of almost 1,000 ageing subjects, she found that we are now’stock piling’ acid in fatty deposits rather than eliminating it via the kidneys and liver. In its infinite wisdom, the body has chosen to save the kidney and liver from degradation by excess acid. Of course, there is a cost. It’s called obesity, lowered immunity, lack of energy and the whole host of acid related dis-eases we are subject to including cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and more – much, much more.
As a scientist I have discovered two very important things about the human body. First the human body in its perfect healthy state is alkaline by design. Second, all functions of the human body from moving to thinking produce acidic waste products. If these acidic waste products are not eliminated out through the four channels of elimination they can potentially make the body sick and tired. This is why I came to the conclusion that there is only one sickness, one disease and one treatment.
The one sickness and the one disease is the over-acidification of the blood and the tissues due to an inverted way of living, eating and thinking. The one treatment or the one health is to maintain or restore the alkaline design of the body with an alkaline lifestyle and diet.
